Calligrapha

Calligrapha is a large genus of American Chrysomelinae (a subfamily of leaf beetles), with over 100 species occurring from North America through Central America.^[2]

Calligrapha
Calligrapha spiraeae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Chrysomelinae
Tribe:	Chrysomelini
Genus:	Calligrapha Chevrolat, 1836
Type species
Chrysomela polyspila[1] Germar, 1821
Subgenera[2]
Bidensomela Calligramma[3] Calligrapha Erythrographa[4] Graphicallo[3] Zygogramma
Synonyms[2]
sensu stricto Polyspila Hope, 1840 Phyllis Gistel, 1848 Boliographa Motschulsky, 1860 Metallographa Motschulsky, 1860 Bidensomela Acalligrapha Monrós, 1955[3] Coreopsomela Monrós, 1955[3] Zygogramma Zygospila Achard, 1923

Biology

Some members of the subgenus Zygogramma are agricultural pests, while others are used as biological control agents. Calligrapha exclamationis is a pest species of sunflower crops in North America.^[5] At least two species have also been used as a form of biological pest control: Calligrapha bicolorata was introduced to India as a biocontrol agent for the weed Parthenium hysterophorus,^[6] and Calligrapha suturalis was introduced to Russia as a control for Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed).^[7]

Selected species

• Calligrapha aeneopicta Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha aeneovittata Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha aladina Bechyné, 1954
• Calligrapha alni Schaeffer, 1928 (russet alder leaf beetle)
• Calligrapha alnicola Brown, 1945
• Calligrapha amanda Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha amator Brown, 1945 (Ontario calligrapha)
• Calligrapha amelia Knab, 1909
• Calligrapha anabelae Gómez-Zurita, 2015
• Calligrapha ancoralis Stal, 1860
• Calligrapha androwi S. Clark and Cavey, 1995
• Calligrapha apicalis Notman, 1919
• Calligrapha arcuigera Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha argus Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha arizonica (Schaeffer, 1906)
• Calligrapha barda (Say, 1835)
• Calligrapha bicolorata (Pallister, 1953) (Parthenium beetle)
• Calligrapha bidenticola Brown, 1945
• Calligrapha bigenea Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha billbergi Stål, 1860
• Calligrapha californica Linell, 1896
• Calligrapha catarinae Gómez-Zurita, 2015
• Calligrapha cephalanthi (Schwarz, 1878)
• Calligrapha championi (Jacoby, 1879)
• Calligrapha clathrata (Jacoby, 1882)
• Calligrapha clavareaui (Bowditch, 1911)
• Calligrapha confluens Schaeffer, 1928
• Calligrapha conjuncta (Rogers, 1856)
• Calligrapha consputa Stål, 1860
• Calligrapha continua (LeConte, 1868)
• Calligrapha decempustulata (Jacoby, 1891)
• Calligrapha discrepans (Achard, 1923)
• Calligrapha dislocata (Rogers, 1856)
• Calligrapha disrupta (Rogers, 1856)
• Calligrapha diversa Stal, 1859
• Calligrapha dolosa Brown, 1945
• Calligrapha dulcis Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha durangoensis (Jacoby, 1891)
• Calligrapha elegantula Jacoby, 1877
• Calligrapha elongatula (Achard, 1924)
• Calligrapha esperanza (Bechyné, 1952)
• Calligrapha estriata (Schaeffer, 1920)
• Calligrapha exclamationis (Fabricius, 1798)
• Calligrapha felina Stål, 1860
• Calligrapha femorata Jacoby, 1891
• Calligrapha floridana Schaeffer, 1934
• Calligrapha fulvipes (Gistel, 1848)
• Calligrapha fulvitarsis Jacoby, 1891
• Calligrapha geographica Stål, 1860
• Calligrapha gracilis (Jacoby, 1882)
• Calligrapha guttaticollis Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha guttulosa Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha gyllenhali Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha heterothecae (Linell, 1896)
• Calligrapha hypocrita (Jacoby, 1882)
• Calligrapha ignota Brown, 1940
• Calligrapha incisa (Rogers, 1856)
• Calligrapha intermedia Jacoby, 1882
• Calligrapha jaliscensis (Bechyné, 1952)
• Calligrapha knabi Brown, 1940
• Calligrapha labyrinthica Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha lemur Stål, 1860
• Calligrapha lentiginosa Stål, 1860
• Calligrapha lepidula Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha limbaticollis Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha lunata (Fabricius, 1787) (moon-marked leaf beetle)
• Calligrapha maculicollis (Jacoby, 1891)
• Calligrapha magica Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha malvae (Stål, 1859)
• Calligrapha matronalis Erichson, 1847
• Calligrapha mexicana Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha militaris (Jacoby, 1891)
• Calligrapha mniszechi Stål, 1860
• Calligrapha morbillosa Stål, 1860
• Calligrapha multiguttata Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha multiplagata (Achard, 1923)
• Calligrapha multipunctata (Say, 1824) (common willow calligrapha)
• Calligrapha multipustulata Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha neomexicana (Clark, Douglas, and Cavan, 2024)
• Calligrapha nicaraguensis (Jacoby, 1882)
• Calligrapha notatipennis Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha obscurofasciata (Jacoby, 1891)
• Calligrapha opifera (Stål, 1860)
• Calligrapha ornata (Jacoby, 1882)
• Calligrapha ostryae Brown, 1945
• Calligrapha pallida (Bland, 1864)
• Calligrapha pantherina Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha panzoensis Bechyné, 1952
• Calligrapha pavimentata Gómez-Zurita, 2016
• Calligrapha philadelphica (Linnaeus, 1758) (dogwood calligrapha)
• Calligrapha piceicollis (Stål, 1859)
• Calligrapha pnirsa Stål, 1860 (leaf beetle)
• Calligrapha polyspila (Germar, 1821)
• Calligrapha popa Stål, 1860
• Calligrapha praecelsis (Rogers, 1856)
• Calligrapha pruni Brown, 1945
• Calligrapha pustulosa Stål, 1860
• Calligrapha quenseli Stål, 1860
• Calligrapha ramulifera Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha rhoda Knab, 1909
• Calligrapha rowena Knab, 1909
• Calligrapha sallei (Achard, 1923)
• Calligrapha scalaris (J. E. LeConte, 1824) (elm calligrapha)
• Calligrapha serpens Bowditch, 1911
• Calligrapha serpentina (Rogers, 1856) (globemallow leaf beetle)
• Calligrapha sigmoidea (J. L. LeConte, 1859)
• Calligrapha signatipennis (Stål, 1859)
• Calligrapha simillima Stål, 1860
• Calligrapha spiraeae (Say, 1826)
• Calligrapha stali (Jacoby, 1882)
• Calligrapha stillatipennis Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha suboculata Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha suffriani Jacoby, 1882
• Calligrapha suturalis (Fabricius, 1775) (ragweed leaf beetle)
• Calligrapha suturella Schaeffer, 1933^[8]
• Calligrapha sylvia (Stål, 1860)
• Calligrapha synthesys Gómez-Zurita, 2018
• Calligrapha thermalis Gómez-Zurita, 2013
• Calligrapha thoracica (Jacoby, 1891)
• Calligrapha tiliae Brown, 1945
• Calligrapha tortilis Stål, 1859
• Calligrapha tortuosa (Rogers, 1856)
• Calligrapha tricolorata (Pallister, 1953)
• Calligrapha verrucosa (Suffrian, 1858)
• Calligrapha vicina Schaeffer, 1933
• Calligrapha vigintimaculata (Chevrolat, 1833)
• Calligrapha violaceomaculata Jacoby, 1878
• Calligrapha virginea Brown, 1945
• Calligrapha wickhami Bowditch, 1911
• Calligrapha zapoteca Gómez-Zurita, 2016

Gallery

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  Calligrapha sp.
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  Calligrapha aeneovittata, México
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  Calligrapha aladina, México
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  Calligrapha amator
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  Calligrapha anabelae, México
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  Calligrapha ancoralis, Arizona
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  Calligrapha argus, Panamá
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  Calligrapha arizonica, Arizona
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  Calligrapha barda, México
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  Calligrapha bigenera, Costa Rica
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  Calligrapha confluens, Canada
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  Calligrapha discrepans, México
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  Calligrapha elegantula, Costa Rica
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  Calligrapha eupatris, México
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  Calligrapha felina, México
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  Calligrapha fulvipes, Guatemala
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  Calligrapha guttulosa, Nicaragua
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  Calligrapha gyllenhali, México
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  Calligrapha heterothecae, Texas
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  Calligrapha intermedia, México
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  Calligrapha knabi, Canada
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  Calligrapha matronalis, Bolivia
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  Calligrapha mexicana, México
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  Calligrapha multiplagata, Argentina
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  Calligrapha multipustulata, México
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  Calligrapha opifera, México
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  Calligrapha philadelphica
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  Calligrapha pnirsa, Canada
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  Calligrapha polyspila, Brasil
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  Calligrapha pruni, Illinois
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  Calligrapha rhoda, Massachusetts
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  Calligrapha spiraeae, West Virginia
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  Calligrapha sylvia, México
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  Calligrapha violaceomaculata, Costa Rica